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Exopolysaccharide II Is Relevant for the Survival of Sinorhizobium meliloti under Water Deficiency and Salinity Stress.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 22 Oct 2020
Primo Emiliano, Bogino Pablo, Cossovich Sacha, Foresto Emiliano, Nievas Fiorela, Giordano Walter
Abstract excerpt
Sinorhizobium meliloti is a soil bacterium of great agricultural importance because of its ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen in symbiotic association with alfalfa (Medicago sativa) roots. We looked into the involvement of exopolysaccharides (EPS) in its survival when exposed to different environmental stressors, as well as in bacteria-bacteria and bacteria-substrate interactions. The strains used were wild-type...
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